If it is definitely the same wine I would grab them with both hands. I can’t find them at less than £28 now. At £20 I’d split half a dozen with you, in whatever proportion you fancy.
If you can find it in a Majestic store I will raise my trilby to you. And ask you which one.
Well done for finding it at Majestic at all. Unless you live in Skipton. When I rang them last week they said that was the only branch in the country showing stock, but they thought it was probably an error.I did snag/bag 3 but that's it .I felt confident knowing that it had the full @Marchbanks imprimatur.
I can’t see any reference to the vintage - have they hidden it somewhere? Whatever it is, that looks like a good buy. The labelling is subtly different - the bottle they show is the same as the original one that I had. But as I said there, I’m pretty sure they are the same. If you want to order half a dozen I’ll take three, or five if you don’t like it. How’s that? In fact, I’ll extend the same offer to the matching label Cabernet Franc at the same price. I’d like to try that, and it would cut down on the postage cost per bottle.
I’m curious about the merchant, though - search for ‘Ministry Of Drinks’ and compare addresses and prices for the same bottles!
post a selfie and we'll tell you if you look that oldOh my god, shit, someone just gave up their seat for me on the tube.
Ooh! Just the Malbec, or the CF too? I’ll be making my regular pilgrimage to see the glories of the M25 on Dec 18, so if you’ve had a chance to taste by then perhaps we can meet and you can offload what I want/whatever you don’t.It has been dispatched.
Fortunately I don’t have to do the tube, but my equivalent is checkout ladies offering to help me find the right amount of coins while I’m searching through my pockets to find my specs (which are most likely dangling round my neck.) Bonus points for me if they call me ‘dear’. It’s great, embrace it. As long as you don’t feel old, why give a toss?Oh my god, shit, someone just gave up their seat for me on the tube.
post a selfie and we'll tell you if you look that old
Not Cremant but someone should try this ,some well respected merchants stock it,its talked about in wine circles,just not these ones.all you experts - recommend me a lovely dry Cremant de Alsace, and some extra dry Sekt.
someone should try this
why not you - and you can report back with words of wisdom
why not you - and you can report back with words of wisdom
Oh my god, shit, someone just gave up their seat for me on the tube.
...my equivalent is checkout ladies offering to help me find the right amount of coins... Bonus points for me if they call me ‘dear’.
Dinner on Monday was the full Argentinean parrilla of chorizo, morcilla, provoleta de cabra, followed by ojo de bife and asado de tira. All accompanied by an avocado and tomato salad. Wine was a pink fizz on arrival (didn’t catch the name, but perfectly acceptable), and a Familia Zuccardi Serie A Malbec. This last can only be described as purple. In the glass, on the nose, and in taste. Not a fruit bomb, but perfectly rounded and formed, with only a touch of acidity to balance the fattiness of the asado de tira.
Context is everything, and this was a blissful evening at a table on the pavement outside Don Julio in Buenos Aires. I doubt the same ingredients would have rated the same at a steakhouse in Hertfordshire on the same day.
Might well be Cabaña Las Lilas tonight…
I reckon that would also apply to someone who found Riccitelli Malbec in a Majestic branch.One of us is a jammy ba*tard.